The sun., 1887-05-01
GOOD STORIES or rnn PRESENT DAH.
otuayIns the Ways ef the sioux 1ndians from
a Little Cave In the snow.

osuayIns the Ways or the sioux 1ndians from
a Little Cave In the snow.
There Gun be no question that n full-born
rcdskin Ia ono OF the siarpcst pieces OF human
mechanism ever put together. He must DO
sharp and keen and cunning, and brave to bo
n success even as u hunter. To DO wnrrior
he must be ablo to endure any fatlgucSo 80
without sleep for days and nights. to ina iiis
way through tho Wilderness ana oNor the
prnirIcs by Instinct, to hide his trail with tho
cunning of u scrpcnt. to uncover the trail OF
his enemy. to creep. crawl, run. ciimo. uoaSe'
and hide liko spirit. And yet tho sharpcst
Indian is sometimes beaten by what might be
termed simple twist Of the wrist on tho part
of white man.
Twelve or fourteen years ago. while was in
the foot hills to the north OF Fort Suly. Dakota,
with o professional hunter and Indian fighter
named Bon Taylor. he returned to the cabin
one morning from visit to some traps, and
blurted out:
"Propar' to pack up and git"
had been making O collection OF minerals
and curiosities and putting up some specimens
OF bird and beast life for the museum OF an
Eastern college, 1t was December, with two
feet OF snow on the ground and bitterly cold
weather. and we had chosen this season ON tho
idea that the Indians would not DO moving
about It turned out that there was village
Of Sioux ON the Big Cheyenne, dozen miles
above US, and some OF the hunters Ind penc-
tratsd to our neiEhborhood TAYLOR had tlat .Pt
and = half from eanip. and had Saqg6t sight Of
four Indians dodginR about To git" meant
70 abandon everything and make our WY over
Taylor % was = Bit excited at first, but when he
SSandon a thS 81 place Until urher @
While ho returned over his trail to see II the
81 ss s
upon : sheli seven Or sisht fcst above the eachS
WORK sss Soon hidden About !his time Tayofr 4
returned. He reported that the Indiuns were
Wa svidsnt they were In Considerable fcree .
and meant to have our sealps before they left.
Mi and
Il bad been dark. cloudy morning with every
q thO door Of tho Cabin few IS snow Haies nut;
Il ssy n as sp hf 1 pass passs
SSGa e. e. essPs ssssa ssn snd Wi be @ n0oh
Of % and % anI mos @ q nhanS any
value, was now left behind. We shonldored the
bundles and set or in tie direction, of the fort,
H. any direction; This wasfor and against us.
trail would soon be hidden. and we would
ESCAPE them. but nothing was more certain
weather. without seySro suffering. Presently
the wind began to blow and the dir to grow
cold and chen We that the storm was
Rpnning. walking, breasting the storm ne we
could, we made "i a distance l oi seven or eight
Into . bit Of valley to our lett The storm was
now raging fnriously, and we could stand
ley was a great snowiriit, and at his suEges.
tion We began digging into 1t for shelter. In
half an % hour we III, bud eSeaynted ] q. q cave cav,
while l got inside he fingered to bank
w, around the opening. npd left only a
was constantly adding to the drift. and We had
not been hidden away an hour when there was
Orifce had been almost closed. AS for the trail
we had left between the cabin and tho valley,
the snow tracks had either been flied up or
we were quite comfortable inside the cave.
snd II was noon before We knew whether tho
destroying our cabin. At about that hour five
9f them filed into the valley: The ori.ice which
filled up until it was no larger than silver
COLLAR, and hood of snowdrift overhnng that.
@ s aber e
.Ineanor that thoy were seeking shelter and had
no Idea Of mhsS came to hiatt
fire going and had cut dfwn some young nines
manner as to break oil Much of the storm. For
time they were n disgisted lot. but utter pre-
p0ring and eat ing tho MONDAY meal they grew
stood their dialect. said they were inclined to
Joke saell other on the way We had escaped
them. They reasoned that we had pushed on,
aud some OF them asserted that We would
perish In the storm.
We had repeating rilics. and were In proper
shape.to wipe the live out inside Of two min
utes: proposed to open fire az they ate tho
lor promptly argued against it. They would
search would be made II allowed to go away
could safely return to the neighborhood Of the
cabin. His advice was sensible and to tho
point, and feeling that We wero perfectly sn:e,
study Indian charactcr., The storm began to
abate toward night. and when evening came
the wind died away and the snow ceased to
fall. 1t was bitterly cold, however, and the In
They fell nslecp. or seemed TO. long enough be-
fore we did. and now wa certainly could have
crept upon and destroyed them had we so
might haye desired the glory Of such u slaugh;
tor, and would certainly have been considered
HEROES had they entered tho fort with five IN
Il Vas m hour after daylight Ioiore the In
@sds bSeaEfast Of dried meat and ad' coffee. Ice.
and HidnS on pss down the valley passFg
to disoSvor us. Hall an hour later We
dug S own out and Ssod their tre
noon ~ rcturnei to our cabin, and were
pleased enough to find thoy hnd made no Mt
tempt TO dostroyit. Their trait led pust 1t to-
ward tae5 xaGs ana aT 9ur tras
White Wit Araiassy yIssd.
IT reckon you know thS' old Red Cloud
AonoH IN tho pf pSt Toro toiA